Magazine fire-arm



' sition assumed after ring.

' an end view of the barrel and magazine.

UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

RIGHT TO SAMUEL BNDOOK,

OF OBTONVILLE, MINNESOTA.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPEQIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 228,778, dated June 15, 1880.`

Application nien npr-n 26, 1879.

To all whom it may' concern.-

Be it known thatl I, ADDISON'4 PEAsE, of Montevideo,lin the county of Chippewa and State oi' Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine Fire- Arms; and I do hereby 'declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side sectional View of the interior with thefparts in the po Fig. 2 is the same view,showing the position of parte after drawving. the trigger T back, thus making the weapon tocock itself. Fig` 3 is a perspective view ot' the breech-piece H, showing especially the vertical dovetail grooves U U, that en gage and hold the flanges of the cartridges. Fig. 4 is Fi 5 is a detail, explained farther on. g-

The whole operation of the iire-arm is de- 'scribed as follows: Everything is supposed to be in position, as shown in Fig. 1. The magazine M is fed with as many cartridges as it will hold, of course placing the percussion ends of said cartridges in first. Small springs s s s, riveted to the interior of the magazine, prevent the cartridges from sliding back, but, being ilexible, do not prevent them from going toward the breech-piece H. A small cover, c, kept shut by a small spring at the hinge, pro teets the magazine from-dampness or rain. Otlier springs, s s' s', similar to thc springs s s, before spoken of', are attached to the sliding bar r, and the inward movement (or to the right on the drawings) of this bar lri'orees, by means of these springs s s', the cartridges toward the breech-piece Il, and on the return oi' this bar f" (or to the'lei't 'in the drawings) the ilexibility of these springs s s s allows said springs to bend as they go past 'the cartridges, while those springs that are attached to the magazine M hold the cartridges still, thus allowing the bar 13011 its next inward movement, to shove the whole gang of cartridges along still farther. The manner ol causing this movement of the bar r will be described farther on.

The position in l presupposes the magazine full of cartridges, and alsoshows a eartridge, supposed to have just been discharged, remaining in the breech end of the barrel B. The forefinger, after discharging the fire-arm, remains on the trigger -T. New boldly pull back the trigger T as far as it will go. The trigger T swings on its fulcrum o, and at iirst is all that moves; but in a short time the shoulder on said trigger T bears against the under side of the little cube at the end of the arm W. This action results in drawing downward the end of the breech-piece H, hoid-l ing the discharged cartridge. y This downward 'movement goeson'nnt'n the end of the bar B passes below the shoulder m. on the hammer C. Now, a continuance of the pulling on the triggerTcauses two things: first, the upper sur-- face of the breech-pieceHto pass slightly downward and also toward the stock O; secondly, the wheel Y, at the stock end of the breech-- piece H, to slide back between the ways or guides e a. Next a shoulder, L, in Fig. 3, on the back side of H, impinges against the friction-roller y, rigidly secured to the hammer C. This impact causes the hammer O to turn back. on its fulcrum p until a ratchet-tooth locks it back by springing back et' a similar tooth at n under the arm 7. The weapon is then cocked, and everything has assumed the position shown in Fig. 2.

Now, before we release the trigger T from the iinger, we will remark two other things that have meantime been done. The first is that there 'is a stout spring,v-(/, rigidly lixed at one end to the stock, andvat the end next to the breech-piece Il bent at right angles, so as to enter the slot h in the breech-piece ll; but the backward movement of the trigger T causes this bent end oi' the spring g to pass beyond the end et' the breech-piece l1 and to pass out ot' the slot It. The moment this occurs, there being no longer anything to hold the` bent end of l1/ down, the saidv bent end iies violently upward to a position opposite the end of the slot l.: in the breechpiece ll.. Now, as the bent end ol' g is below the exploded cartridge, still held in the vert-ical IOO 'long cartridge.

grooves U U at the end of the breech-piece H, this violent upward movement of the spring gV forcibly ejects the exploded cartridge from the weapon, as shown at in Fig. 2. The other thing that has meanwhile been done during all this back action of the trigger T, Sac., is this: `The said trigger T has impnged against a small latch, l), attached to a thin iexible flat spring, a", set on edge vertically, and attached to the bar r, before alluded to.

It will. then be seen that any backward movement of the trigger T causes a similar backward movement to the bar r, and must continue todo so as long as the trigger T bears against the latch D. New, there is also what is called a feed-regulator,7 for a long or short cartridge. A pin, l, having the lower end thereof formed into a bent and iiattened part, E, and by small stops underneath the weapon rendered capable of a revolution about its axis of one hundred and eighty degrees, and held up by a vlia-t spring, It', riveted to the lower of the guides or ways Z, is provided, and sup posed to have its lower end, E, turned to the left, as shown in Fig. l. When in this position the trigger T presses against the latch l) during all of the backward movement of the trigger T, and gives the movement to r for a Now turn E to the right one hundred and eighty degrees. A -tlattcnin g or dishing out of part of I presents i to the latch D in such a shape that the latch l) is wedged away from the trigger T, the flexibility of the spring c permitting this.. Oi' course, if T is pulled back any more, such pulling is inoperative now upon the bar r, which has ceasedV to move the. moment the latch D was crowded away from the trigger T, and thus a feed is gaged fora short cartridge. ln short, as Fig. 5 shows it clearly, for a long cartridge D is wedged inside of the pin I, andv T continues vto hear against D; for a short cartridge l) is wedged outside of the pin I, and T ceases to bear against D, but goes on past the same.

It is also to be here stated that there are two sets of each or the springs, e and s', respect ively, and they are placed longitudinally apart (on the bar r, anden the inside of the magazine M., as shown in Figs. 1,2, and 4) at the proper distances to suit the respective lengths of a long or short cartridge. The backward movement of T, it is thus seen, has caused the exploded cartridgeto be ejected. As the breech-piece H iirst beginstodescend the lower ends ofthe vertical grooves U U in the breech-piecefH slide 'over the percussion end ofthe next cartridge, lying ready at the'breech end of the magazine M. The spring s on the bari' nearest thebreceh end of thc magazine M is so placed on the bar r as to insure thecartridge being brought snliicicntly near to the breech, and a/toe on the end oi' the spring A keeps said cartridge from going too far, and makes sure ofthe percussion end of vthe same entering the grooves U U. The nnder side ot' the breech-piece .ll

then presses down the spring A, so that its toe .2 cesare lies below the cartridge Then El, moving backward, allows A to snap up again to the position shown in Fig. 2, ready for next time. An inclined plane, K, lying under H, causes H to rise, as it is pulled back, until l passes over the inclined plane K, when H drops, as a result ofthe continued backward movement ofthe trigger T. .The inclined plane K still being beneath the cartridge, causes the same to rise to the proper height in the grooves U U, and while H is descending a small bar, h',

kept toward the left in the drawings, Figs. l

and 2, by a spring, b, latches into H as h goes pastY the end of the inclined planerK. Mean time the cartridge has got above h', and when the breech-pieceH returns, as just about to be described, la.' eprin gs to the left again and locks the cartridge up to the proper height in the grooves U Uof the breech-pieceil, to enter the barrel B when it is time so to do.' New suddenly let go of the trigger T. Instantly the recoil of the spiral spring S (which has been compressed by pnllin g H back) sends H and T violently forward to their first positions, as inA Fig. l, except that the hammer() stays locked back ready for the discharge of thenext cartridge. The spring g enters the slot lo, slides back, and drops into theslot h, the direction of these slots h and 7c again springing g down ready for another operation. The fresh cartridge is landed into the position shown in Fig. 1. The bar r is also sent back for a new charge oi' cartridges, as in the return the trigger T constantly impinges against the end of 10o that holds the same down) to release the ratcheti-'tooth from the notch at 1i. A stout spring, t', then sends the hammer C violently forward.

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The shoulder m on the hammer C snaps lhard l against the hammer-bar B', whichjs laid in a 'hole passing lengthwise through the breechpiece H. The other end of B' transmits this blow to the percussion end of thecartridge ly ing ready .in the barrel B, and the ring is accomplished. The haminerfbar B may lie so as to adapt it for eithera center or a rim fire cartridge, as may be desired in making'l the firearms. I Y Y It is furthermore here remarked. that the upward tendency ot' the spring g crowds the breechpiecc E constant-ly up' to position, especially on the recoil of the spring S; cnt what is finally relied on for this purpose is the spring A, heretofore described, and which may readily be seen to accomplish the said oilce in Fig. l. There are also guides on the side of the weapon For the breechend of the breechpiece H, one

ners NIN in Fig. 3) as a shoulder to present a firm resistance to the recoil from the discharge of the weapon.

. The guard YGr..of.thetrigger VThas a'at piece, F, riveted as a hinge at F and not in use in Fig. 1. It is shown ldotted in Fig. 2 as revolved on its hinge F one hundred and eighty degrees, and locking the trigger T back against the recoil of the spiral spring S. .This

' is convenient for cleahing,v&c, of the breechpiece H.

Having thus described the working of my invention, I desire. to claim and secure by Letters Patent as follows 1. In a magazine fire-arm, the combination of the trigger T, the 'holding-down spring q, the arm W, the spring w, the spring t', the hammer C, the breech-piece H, the hammerbar B', and the spring a, whereby the weapon is red, all substantially asdescribed.

2. In a magazine tire-arm, the combination ofthe trigger T, the latch D, the spring w, the bar r, having its springs s s', and the pin I, havingits spring k', substantially as .and for the purposes described.

3. In amagazine firearm, thecombination of theA trigger T, the brecch-piece H, the friction-roller Y, working between-the ways Z Z, the spring S, and the spring g, working in the slots h and k of the aforesaid breech-piece .H, whereby the cartridge istejectedafter tiring, all substantially as described.

4:. In a magazine dre-arm, the combination of the trigger T, the breech-piece H, having.

the slots or grooves U U to engage a-eartridge, the latch-bar h', the spring b, the inclined plane K,'the spring A, the friction-roller Y, working between the ways Z Z, and the spring VS, whereby cartridges Aare drawn from the magazine M and placed in position for tiring, all substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. A

ADDISON PEASE.

Vitnesses:

CHAs. H. BUDD, L. R. MoYER. 

